February 2016

Knowledge, attitudes and practices of nurses’ on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) in State Specialist Hospital, Maiduguri, Borno State

Pregnant women living with human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) infection are at risk of transmitting HIV to their babies. Most of this transmission occurs during pregnancy, labour and delivery and during breast feeding. The nurse/midwife as a change agent has an important role to play in ensuring prevention of mother to child transmission. Effective and efficient performance of this role by nurses is predicated on their...

Author(s): EL-Yakub Fatima Mohammed, Robert T. Kever, Sarah D. Martins, Oladayo Afolabi and Kellu U. Bulama